Cricket 1892

JUNE 23, 1892 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 235 noon, with the result of a big score of 422 for the loss of only four batsmen. The sensation of the afternoon was the remarkable hitting of A. M. Wood, who ultimately carried out his bat afber scoring 201 of the last 284 runs. W ood ’ s 201, it is worthy of remark, is the highest individual score as yet made in the United States. Moreover, it has only been twice beaten in America, by R. Leisk’s 202 for Hamilton v. Montreal, in 1887, and A. Brown­ ing’s 204 for Montreal against Ottawa in 1880. To give an idea of the full extent of the achievement, it may be added that Wood was only in two hours, and that his last 50 runs were made in nineteen minutes. W ood is an Englishman who migrated to America some years ago. He is, I fancy, a Derbyshire man, born and bred, and if I am not mistaken played twice for the County at the end of 1879. On his arrival in America he followed cricket as a profession, and at one time was engaged with the Belmont Club. Sub­ sequently, through the influence of the Presi­ dent, Col. J. P. Green, who occupies a high position in the Pennsylvania Railroad Com­ pany, he secured employment in the main office of the company in Philadelphia, and has lately been promoted to a post of some importance. In three consecutive innings in the first week of this month, he scored 324 runs for once out. Two points arose out of the match between Surrey and Hertfordshire at the Oval, which have been referred to me for decision. Surrey after being in the whole day for the loss of only seven wijkets, deolared their innings closed on the second morning. The real crux of the question is in fact, whether eleven o’clock having been fixed for the re­ commencement, the declaration could come into force before then. I n this c i se the in-going side could claim that the game should not be resumed until after the regulation interval, say at ten minutes past eleven o ’clock. And by a parity of reasoning it is urged that there could be no objection to the wicket, already rolled acccording to rules before the declaration, having another appli­ cation of the roller, as between innings. My verdict would be in favour of the appellant on both counts. T he reoent elevation of Mr. Justice A. L. Smith reminds one that the new Lord Justice of the High Court of Appeal was in his time a keen cricketer. Though he never succeeded in getting his blue at Cambridge, he played frequently for the Quid Nunes. He was most identified, though, with cricket in Sussex, his native county, and scored well at times for the Gentlemen of the shire. His speciality as a cricketer, though, was perhaps as a bowler of the order known as “ grubs.” D. II. T ata ., who showed himself to be a keen athlete while in residence some years ago at Caius College, Cambridge, is over here from India with a view to spend a part of the summer at least in England. He is desirous of securing the services of a first-class English professional to coach the Parsees. If the quality of Parsee cricket should continue to improve as it^has since the second team was here, there is reason to hope that in the coarse of three or four years arrangemen ts may be made for another Parsee combination to visit England. I t does not often happen that an Inter- County fixture produces in two days such an aggregate as 955 runs, and for the loss of only 26 wickets. The scoring in the match between Surrey and Hertfordshire at the Oval this week, too, was the more remarkable, consider­ ing that the game was not commenced till a quarter past twelve on Monday, and that rain caused one interval of over half-an-hour that afternoon. H ertfordshire monopolised the batting o n Tuesday, scoring 503 with still one wicket to fall in the second innings. One of the most noteworthy features of Hertfordshire’ s batting was furnished by T. N. Perkins, the old Leatherhead boy, now of Jesus College, Cambridge. In one over of Leigh Clare’s he made eighteen, by three fours and a six. F. W. M audk , one of the very few batsmen who can claim the distinction of two hundreds in the same match, had a high old time of it at Brighton on Saturday. As Liberal candidate for the Borough it was fitting that he should not be sparing in his contributions. As a matter of fact the second eleven of the Brunswick found him, if auything, too pro­ digal, for in the first over he scored eighteen by an eight, two fours, and a two. At the same time they found him difficult to part, aud it was a political engagement which led to his retirement in the end. The Brighton Greyhounds, for whom he was playisg, had reason to appreciate his all-round cricket, as in addition he took five of the ten Brunswick wickets. The Liberal candidate for Brighton, I may add, is a good all-round sportsman. Unless I am in error, he is M.F.H. at Pau. The two hundreds to which I have referred were his 148 and 143 for M.C.C. & G. at Lord’s in August, 1886. B ut for his failures in the matches against Somersetshire and Surrey, Stanley Scott’s batting would have been almost, if not quite,' up to the best performance, say of W . G. Grace or Shrewsbury. In the four innings he had in the two fixtures mentioned, he made forty in the four innings he . had, re­ ducing his average considerably. S till , he has this year a record which only two batsmen perhaps have equalled of late years. Up to date, indeed, he ; has made no less than 666 runs as the result of twelve completed innings for Middlesex, which gives him a splendid average of 55.6. As his figures are quite out of the common, it will be of interest to give his scores in detail— May 30 v. Sussex ................., 85 ... ... 14* June 2 v. Kent ................ . 2 ... ... 98 June 6 v. Somersetshire ... 16 ... ... 0 June 9 v. Gloucestershire , 224 ... ... — June 13 v. Surrey ................ . 7 ... ... 17 Juno 16 v. Yorkshire .......... 8J ... ... 54 June 20 v. Notts ................ . 55 . ... 13 “ On, Stanley, on! ” a Scott once cried ; And thougn they put their greatest guns on To bowl, another Scott replied By piling scores and scores of runs on. T he annual match between Old Etonians and Old Harrovians should bring a good company to St. Anne’ s, Barnes, to-morrow and Friday. Though Harrow will be without Messrs. H. T. Hewett, F. S. Jackson, and A. C. McLaren, the management of the Lyric Club has been fortunate in getting strong eides. The elevens will be selected from the following:— O ld E tonians . —Lord Hawke, Messrs. H. A. Arkwright, H. W. Bainbridge, G. Foljambe, H. W. Forster, F. Marchant, P. J. de Para- vicini, H. Philipson, A. W . Ridley, H. W. Studd, F. Thomas, and C. I. Thornton; O ld H arrovians . —Messrs. W. B. Anderson, J. C. Bevington, E. Crawley, E. M. Hadow, P. J. Henery, M. C. Kemp, D. R. Napier, C. G. Pope, E. M. Lawson Smith, A. J. Webbe, and Rev. T. Greatorex. “ H-T.” sends me an instance which came under his own observation of some rapid scoring last Monday. In occurred in the match between Incogniti and Hounslow Garrison, and, if not a rccord, at least will take a lot of beating during the season. The incident in question was the “ piling-up ” of 240 runs in 100 minutes, which it need hardly be said was “ brought o ff” by heavy spanking into and over the boundaries. From the score of this match which appears in another part of the paper, it will be seen that “ Incogs” Messrs. II. H. Harrington (192), and A. E. Gibson (108 not out), were responsible for this extra bit of “ gentle tap­ ping.” It goes without saying, that they not only shifted the ball into all parts of the Hounslow Garrison—but also moved on the “ Tommy Atkinses” who were spectators of the match. C. H. B enton , who was tried in the Lanca­ shire Eleven against Oxford University this week, is a prominent member of the Man­ chester, as well a3 the Sale, Club. He has been scoring well this year, hence his promo­ tion. L ord S heffield is, as a rule, and naturally, anxious when he arranges a match to provide for a display of first-class cricket. Nor is his fixture against the pick of the Australian cricketers now in England, at Sheffield Park on July 7 and 8, likely to furnish the exoeption. On the contrary, he has already got the backbone of a rather warm side. To Messrs. W. G. Grace, H. Philipson, A. E. Stoddart, Briggs, Chatterton, J. T. Hearne, may be added Lohmann. C ricket readers will be glad to hear that E. C. Streatfeild, the Surrey amateur, has added to his honourable records in the cricket and football field, one of greater im­ portance. It goes without saying that I am referring to his academic distinction, the attainment of a first class in the classical tripos at Cambridge. Unless I am in error the fortunate recipient of the wooden spoon. P. J. O. L. Bradbury, who wras immortalised in the Daily Graphic of yesterday, is a Surrey man as well. Though, to the best of my belief, he was at least bred and educated, if I am correct, in South London. So •far Lord’ s has monopolised all the records of the year in important matches. The two highest innings up to date are the 523 of Middlesex against Gloucestershire, and the 466 of Notts againBt Middlesex. Nothing